Strange vistas : perspectives on the utopian / Justyna Galant, Marta Komsta, eds.
| Other author | Galant, Justyna Laura, 1980- editor. |
| Other author | Komsta, Marta, 1980- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Berlin : Peter Lang, [2019] |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (170 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mediated Fictions ; v. 16 Mediated fictions ; v. 16. ^A1295429 |
| Contents | Introduction / Justyna Galant, Marta Komsta -- Translation in utopia and utopia in translation: The case of translating as a utopian practice / Mir Saeed Mousavi Razavi, Morteza Gholami -- "O music, sweet music": Practicing utopia in the jazz improvization of Wayne Krantz / John Style -- The Iranian heritage of utopianism: Niẓami Ganjavi's utopian thoughts / Alireza Omidbakhsh, Mohammadamir Jalali -- Towards a stateless syndicalist society: Strike, solidarity, and struggle in Émile Pataud and Émile Pouget's utopia How we shall bring about the revolution / Csaba Toth -- Conrad, ideology and utopia / Antonis Balasopoulos -- The continguity of utopia and dystopia in Monteiro Lobato's The racial shock / Evanir Pavloski -- "You know nothing of Tomasz": Polish immigrant as the cultural other in More than this / Anna Bugajska -- "Man is good at that sort of thing in general: At substituting illusion for reality": Simulations in Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro trilogy / Julia Kula -- Seeking solidarity: The influence of the American Haymarket affair on unionization in America and Europe / Annette M. Magid -- Towards a communicative logic: U-Topos as element / Mehdi Parsa -- Mapping the mindspace of retopia: On political imagination / Dirk Hoyer -- Coda: The space to dream again: Utopian prospects in the age of Trump / James E. Block. |
| Abstract | The volume demonstrates the scope of utopian thinking and the enduring significance of past utopian fictions and historical events. The essays examine the concept of utopia in a variety of contexts, such as philosophy, translation, music, social and political issues, and global utopian fiction. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Galant, Justyna. Strange Vistas : Perspectives on the Utopian. Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ©2019 9783631786666 |
| ISBN | 3631795300 |
| ISBN | 9783631795309 (electronic bk.) |
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